Re: why mount --bind for permissions?

[Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric Sandeen writes:
> I was experimenting with saving permissions in /dev via devfsd, and I
> was wondering - why is 
> 
> mount --bind /dev-state /dev
> 
> necessary?  It seems that 
> 
> REGISTER     .*      COPY    /dev-state/$devname $devpath
> CHANGE       .*      COPY    $devpath /dev-state/$devname
> CREATE       .*      COPY    $devpath /dev-state/$devname
> 
> in devfsd.conf would copy everything back and forth whenever appropriate
> - I'm not that familiar with "mount --bind" - but what does it add to
> the equation?  Sorry if I'm being dense.  :)

The FAQ tells what what the difference is.

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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